This was no mere blues player. This was no mere guitarist. I had truly misjudged him. I was bearing witness to spontaneous creativity with the ultimate artistic vision of Jimi Hendrix. I was stunned. What a show! It wasn’t until Axis: Bold as Love that I thought Jimi hit his full stride in the studio. He made use of every trick in the book, but with subtlety and finesse. Tape-delayed echo, phasing effects whoosh-ing from left to right with the use of pan pots, and some of the wildest equalization I’ve ever heard, all combined to make a very well-produced recording . . .

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